Basket ball bank board suspension



March 8, 1932.. w, WALLACE BASKET BALL BANK BOARD SUSPENSION Filed April 15, 1931 hive/afar, KM'lliam Wallace/ a vertical position when the board is dropped Patented -Mar.' 1932 UNITED:STATE-S- VWILELIVAM WALLACE, orv

" BAsKEr IBALLPBANK.

. 7 Application fi1edApri1 13 This invention relatesto the art of suspending basket ball basket boards over a court from overhead members.

A primary object of the inventionis to proa'vide a basket boardsuspension which will permit the board to be raised and lowered as may be desired to remove it from the playing position over the 'courtjand at the same time provide means for retaining thevboard in to'the playing position.

An important object of the invention is to provide means for retaining the board in a rigid position at the lower end of the board,

carrying. members whereby diagonal braces betweenthe board and the members may be avoided. f r

A further important object of the invention resides in the means for easily and quick- 1y adjusting the angle of the board about thelower end of a supporting member. 7 r

' These and other objects will become apparent in the following descriptionof the in vention as illustrated in the, accompanying.

I drawings, in which V rigidly'unitedby the spacing tube 13. This tube preferably extends laterally through theends of the members .11 and 12 and is welded thereto on the inner sides of the members. Thetubular members 11 and 12 may be raised and lowered as a unit by means of the hoisting mechanism 14 and cable 15.

A rod 16 is slidably passed through the tubular tie member 13 to project beyond each of the side members 11; and 12 aslight. distance. Arms 17 and 18 are welded to ends-of .50 the spacing fmember lii which project out arms 17 land 18 are provided with :inturned board19may be rockably adjusted about the ring to be diagonallydisposed brace members La FAYETTE," INDIANA tvardly frombeyond h m r and These arms, 17 "andf18 are an'gul'arly" positionedinrelation to the members '11 and 12 so that when the members lland 12 are dropped downwardly to a playing position, these arms are then in substantially vertical and parallel, positions L Y t Thebankboard 19 is provided; with the vertical ar1gle bar-s20 and 21 at each end and on itsrear side respectively; Therearwardlyl po g Of ese bars 20'and 21 are cen-' trally bored therethrough to rockably receive the ends 'ofthe rod 16 so as to support the board-19fthereby. "From the upper sidevof Y the board19extend cables 22and 22 to the overhead support, which cables serve to limit the downward swing of the members 11 and 12 and the board 19thereon. i

"Theupper'and'lower ends of each" of the ears23 and 24 respectively through which are screw-threadedly passed adjusting screws '25 and 26 respectively. 1 Lock nuts 27 are carried on these "screws back of the ears. By suitably adjusting the screws 25 and 26 forwardlyand rearwardly through the ears of the arms so as to have the forward ends'of the screws contact with the laterally disposed legs of the angle. bars 20and'2l, the

rod 16 so as'toposition andthere retain the board 19 a vertical position. By means of the screws and; 26 extending from the fixedarms 17' and-18 'against the rockable board19,l;the board is .held rigidly with respect to theside members 11 and 12 so that although the board may bestruck with considerable force by a ball during play; the board will remain rigidlydisposedand will notyibrate. H r V f It is-alsotobe seen that by means of the above described structure, the board 19 may be frigidly positioned about the ends of the rigid members 11 and 12 without there hav between the board 19 and the members '11 r and 12 as has heretofore been the practice so that there is no interference from such heretofo-re employed braces and the board may be readily adjusted without there having to be a matching of bolt holes or the like. While I have here shown and described my invention in the one form as now best known to me, it is entirely obvious that structural changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and I therefore do not desire to be limited to that precise form nor any more than may be required by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a pair of rigid members, a tie bar interconnect-ing the lower ends of the members, an arm fixed at the lower end of each of the members, ears at top and bottom of each arm, a basket board pivotally supported about the lower ends of the said members, and adjusting screws through said ears adapted to abut said board 2* and retain said board at selective angles about said members.

2. A pair of rigid support members, a basket board rockably carried at the ends of the members, arm fixed in relation to the memat bers, and plural means one above and one below the rockable connection and between the arms and the board for retaining the board at selective positions of rotation.

3. A pair of rigid members pivotally car- :a ried by their 11 per ends by an overhead su port, a basket oard rockably carried on t e lower ends of the members, a cable between the board and the overhead support limitin the downward swing of said members, an

' screw means for adjusting and retaining said board in selective positions of rotation about the members.

4. In a basket board sup ort, a pair of rigid members, a basket boar trunnions car- J ried by the members, bars on the board extending rearwardly to be rockably carried by the trunnions, arms carried by the members in fixed positions extending below and above said trunnions. and screws between the upper n and lower ends of the arms and the board.

5. A pair of rigid members, a tubular member interconnecting lower ends of the members, a bar through the tubular member projecting beyond said rigid members, an arm at, fixed at the side of each ri id member extending above and below said ar, a basket board, supporting bars extending rearwardly of the board and rockably carried on the ends of said tubular member bar, said board bein carried by said supporting bars to exten above and below said member bar, and adj usting members between the arms and the board.

In testimony whereof I aflix my'signature. I WILLIAM WALLACE. 

